Antique Chinese Kangxi Polychrome Lidded Square Form Teapot 1662-1722

An antique Chinese Kangxi porcelain lidded teapot dating from 1662 to 1722. The square teapot stands raised on four square cut corner feet with a large loop handle to one side and with a silver metal replacement pouring spout to the other. The teapot has a raised top with an original shaped domed cover with central finial. The body of the teapot is painted with panels decorated with a landscape with a flowering prunus tree growing from a rockwork ground alongside a pond. The teapot has simply painted red line borders with similar polychrome painted designs to the neck and cover.

Some fritting and minor chipping around the edges. The spout has an early silver metal replacement and the teapot has a natural heat crack running across the base and up the sides.